Description
Discover 'All the Gold Stars', an illuminating exploration of ambition, productivity, and the societal pressures that lead to burnout. In this essential read for anyone grappling with the modern expectations of success, author Stauffer uncovers the intricate ties between our self-worth and cultural definitions of ambition. With compelling personal narratives and insightful interviews with students, parents, and psychologists, this 2023 release provides a refreshing perspective that challenges the norm. Learn how to redefine ambition for a healthier mindset and cultivate a sense of community and care over competition. The book delves into the roots of capitalism and personal expectations, offering tools to reshape your life and foster true success. Don't miss this opportunity to reassess the hustle culture that surrounds us and find new pathways to fulfillment. Free shipping is available for this item, and please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Note: Once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled. Perfect for readers seeking to understand productivity, ambition burnout, and the quest for genuine achievement.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780306830334
Year: 2023
Publisher: Little Brown
Description:
Ambition-the want, the hunger, the need to achieve-is woven into America's fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to acceptance at the "right" college to hustle and grinding our lives, we celebrate our drive, even as we gatekeep who is permitted to strive--and how visibly. Even as we burn out. When we can't even. When we know: work won't love us back.
All the Gold Stars looks at how the cultural, personal, and societal expectations around ambition are driving the burnout epidemic by funnelling our worth into productivity, limiting our imaginations, and pushing us further apart. Through the devastating personal narrative of her own ambition crisis, Stauffer discovers the common factors driving us all, peeling back layers of family expectations, capitalism, and self-esteem that dangerously tie up our worth in our output. Interviews with students, parents, workers, psychologists, labour organizers, and more offer a new definition of ambition and the tools to reframe our lives around true success. All the Gold Stars provides ways for us to reject our current reality and reconceive ambition as more collective, imaginative, and rooted in caring for ourselves and each other.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780306830334
Year: 2023
Publisher: Little Brown
Description:
Ambition-the want, the hunger, the need to achieve-is woven into America's fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to acceptance at the "right" college to hustle and grinding our lives, we celebrate our drive, even as we gatekeep who is permitted to strive--and how visibly. Even as we burn out. When we can't even. When we know: work won't love us back.
All the Gold Stars looks at how the cultural, personal, and societal expectations around ambition are driving the burnout epidemic by funnelling our worth into productivity, limiting our imaginations, and pushing us further apart. Through the devastating personal narrative of her own ambition crisis, Stauffer discovers the common factors driving us all, peeling back layers of family expectations, capitalism, and self-esteem that dangerously tie up our worth in our output. Interviews with students, parents, workers, psychologists, labour organizers, and more offer a new definition of ambition and the tools to reframe our lives around true success. All the Gold Stars provides ways for us to reject our current reality and reconceive ambition as more collective, imaginative, and rooted in caring for ourselves and each other.